Outnumbered, a brief history of imposture, 2009

OUTNUMBERED is an installation that generates a moving image using a found panoramic photograph from 1936. The computer-controlled system produces an aleatoric (casual) narrative from an extensive database of people who, in some way, are associated with imposture.

Jasper Rigole

1980, Bruges, Belgium. Lives and works in Ghent. Jasper Rigole makes films, installations and graphic works. In his main project: The International Institute for the Conservation, Archiving and Distribution of Other People's Memories (IICADOM), he uses his ever-growing archive of found ego-documents (films, photographs, etc) to create autonomous artworks. The used materials are sourced from flea markets, second-hand shops and garage sales. His main goal is to reflect on the closely related subjects of archive and memory. He investigates concepts such as authenticity and objectivity by using an encyclopaedic approach and quasi-scientific precision, and by referencing documentaries, "fact-fiction" and popular scientific equivalents. This results in an examination of both the human need for "conclusive" stories and the question whether anecdotes "fictionalise history". Jasper Rigole is currently working on his PhD at the KASK, Ghent. For Manifesta 8, Outnumbered is Rigole's installation that generates a moving image using a found panoramic photograph from 1936.